Question

Choose whether the following is True or False:

'It' is sometimes used as a dummy subject.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

We sometimes use it to introduce or ‘anticipate’ the subject or object of a sentence, especially when the subject or object of the sentence is a clause. Most commonly, such clauses are to + infinitive and that clauses. We also call this use of it a ‘dummy’ subject, since the real subject is another part of the sentence. Hence, the statement is true and Option A is correct.